While I was also going to get a CPA to help me with this, would I benefit from the, "Tax Strategies for the Savvy Real Estate Investor" book when I am looking at international properties or is it geared towards only domestic properties?

There is a lot of great people and information here, I wish you great success and congrats on your purchase of your first home.

Your right there needs to be more of us on here discussing our success stories. 

  - I'm sure you've thought of this already, but your town doesn't have to be tourist-heavy to be a good airbnb location - I've seen wildly successful short term rentals located near universities and hospitals and nowhere near a tourist destination. 

Sellers want top dollar and buyers want the deals so you have to try to find middle ground where both seem happy to proceed to get paid as a broker/agent and have a successful closing.

But to be a success, one must take action! 

I am on BiggerPockets daily, and continue to be inspired by the webinars and forums which have been VERY helpful in my education.Since Canadian market/regulations are different from the US, I wanted to start a discussion to learn more about the experiences of Canadian investors: how/where they're investing in Canada (or globally) and any examples of deals or success stories you can share.

After a successful bid, I call him with the details and he emails me the loan docs.

I am new to BP, but started a meetup 3 months ago in my city of Bowie Maryland. The reason that I started the BP meetup was to connect with other local investors (without the pitches of traditional REIAs. Month 1 two ...

I’m Lizzie, I live in the Bay Area and am sipping my toes into the real estate investing world - I have a friend in Seattle who is a successful wholesaler and suggested I look into it.